# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901 "2016-05-04T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/121 "2016-05-05T23:56:35Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > From article, Ryan quoted: > > “… This is the party of Lincoln and Reagan and Jack Kemp…” > > Check. Check. Huh? Well, he _was_ a good quarterback… ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/122 "2016-05-06T00:00:26Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Trump’s Hispanic outreach started with him Tweeting out a photo of himself poised over a taco bowl, giving a thumbs up and saying “Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!” I literally had no idea if this was truth or satire, before checking (it’s true). Honestly, I think “I love Hispanics” gestures might lose him more votes than it gains. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/123 "2016-05-06T00:18:13Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > BrainGlutton: > > Is this going to become a Pauline Kael moment? Never heard of her. I posed the question out of earnest curiosity: I have sometimes seen some Dopers defend Trump on this or that point, or try to call bullshit on some particular attack on him, but I cannot recall ever seeing a Doper go so far as to express the intention of voting for him in November. And, since the November lineup is now all but settled as Trump v. Clinton , this is the time to ask. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/124 "2016-05-06T00:54:18Z")
That might be the funniest political ad I’ve ever seen. He’s obviously trolling, and I’m increasingly buying the idea that his campaign advisors come from 4chan. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/125 "2016-05-06T02:22:15Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > O.K., what Swing States _can_ he win? He could win any swing state in which Hillary Clinton has high negatives. In order to do this, he would need to make some serious inroads with the labor union vote, but labor unions, which are a staple and almost a given for democrats, might be a hidden vulnerability for Clinton. Trump’s most immediate problem is that he has yet to unify the republican party, and he will have a hell of a time doing that. He’ll need to scramble for independents and some waffling democrats. Fortunately for Donald, there could be a lot of those up for grabs. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/126 "2016-05-06T02:29:19Z")
Brain Glutton: > [@](#): > > Never heard of her. She’s a New Yorker film critic who was infamously paraphrase-quoted as saying that no one she knew voted for Nixon in 1972. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/127 "2016-05-06T02:35:23Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > If you mean there’s lots of room for improvement then I agree. He can only go up from here! If you mean there’s some specific aspect of his campaign, platform or personality that has lots of potential to win women over please spell it out for us. Both room for improvement plus personality. He is rich, successful, family oriented and can be kind of charming when he wants to be ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJ\_0Wyoxok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJ_0Wyoxok) ). But despite being a Trump supporter, I have to concede that its very hard to dislike Hillary as a person despite disagreeing with her policies. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/128 "2016-05-06T02:46:01Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > I literally had no idea if this was truth or satire, before checking (it’s true). > > Honestly, I think “I love Hispanics” gestures might lose him more votes than it gains. Shows that he likes them alright… Well-fried. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/129 "2016-05-06T02:58:47Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Given she was one of 77 Senators who voted for it, it’s the weakest of attacks as well. Nice. There’s so many so you can’t blame any of them. Pointing to your Senate voting record is “weak”. Ok ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/130 "2016-05-06T03:01:56Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > There’s potential in Trump to be very popular amongst women. Hope he is working on it. Women…sense his power…and they seek the life essence. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/131 "2016-05-06T03:02:14Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > He could win any swing state in which Hillary Clinton has high negatives. In order to do this, he would need to make some serious inroads with the labor union vote, but labor unions, which are a staple and almost a given for democrats, might be a hidden vulnerability for Clinton. Seems to me that Labour Unions would LOVE his message about bringing back jobs to the US through protectionist trade tariffs. Thats the kind of stuff they love to hear. He can attack Clinton as a puppet of corporate interests that have been outsourcing their jobs for years, its a valid line of attack and Clinton doesn’t have much of a defense since she really is a corporate puppet. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/132 "2016-05-06T03:03:00Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > She’s a New Yorker film critic who was infamously paraphrase-quoted as saying that no one she knew voted for Nixon in 1972. Yeah, I got it. Maybe it’s a New York thing. ---
**Author:** ![Yersenia\_Pestis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e495f1/32.png) [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/133 "2016-05-06T03:10:13Z")
A lot of hopeful thinking in this thread… Someone mentioned Florida before and how significant the non Cuban Hispanic vote is, as a (non Cuban) Florida Latino voter myself I would say we are the vast vast majority of the Hispanic vote here - heck even among the Cuban community there’s a large number of democrats, especially among the younger Cuban Americans. I am very annoyed (and embarrassed) that someone so discussing, polarizing and clueless could ever get this close to the presidency here- politicians like him is why many of us left Latin America for - the demagoguery, the slutty Barbie doll wife, the loud mouth violent supporters … I know America as a whole (many not a lot of “angry white males”) is so much better than this POS ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/134 "2016-05-06T03:18:17Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > …The pundits have been assuring me for months that Trump was going to crash and burn. And they have been wrong every step of the way. Now they are assuring me that Trump can’t possibly beat Hilary. I am clinging to hope that they are right this time and your post is wrong. But I wouldn’t bet on it. Get out of my head! > [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > To summarize, they have no idea what Trump’s net impact will be to Portman. Well, no… but they’re _pretty_ sure about it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/135 "2016-05-06T03:29:07Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Women…sense his power…and they seek the life essence. I haff a plen… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/136 "2016-05-06T05:03:29Z")
Trump has eliminated the primary competition. I assume he’ll start focusing on Hillary. It’ll be interesting to see how much he shifts tactics. He’s got voters attention. But now it’s time to clearly layout his plan and vision for the Presidency. How well he does that is crucial for a win this Nov. I have no idea what he’s going to present to the public but it better be more than bombastic behavior and insults. That’s not going to work in the actual election. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/137 "2016-05-06T05:10:08Z")
His vision for the Presidency can be summed up in two words: President Trump. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/138 "2016-05-06T09:23:36Z")
Here’s a different analysis of Trump from [Salon](http://www.salon.com/2016/05/05/its_not_about_sexism_camille_paglia_on_trump_hillarys_restless_bitterness_and_the_end_of_the_elites/): > [@](#): > > In their focus on Trump’s real-estate tycoon father, the media seem to have missed that the teetotaling Trump’s deepest connection was probably to his strong-willed, religious mother. Born in the stark, wind-swept Hebrides Islands off the western coast of Scotland (the next North Atlantic stop is Iceland), she was one tough cookie. She and her parents were Gaelic speakers, products of a history extending back to the medieval Viking raids. I suddenly realized that that is Trump’s style. He’s not a tribal Highlander, celebrated in Scotland’s long battle for independence from England, but a Viking, slashing, burning, and laughing at the carnage in his wake. (Think Kirk Douglas flashing his steely smile in the 1958 Hollywood epic, The Vikings.) Trump takes savage pleasure in winning for its own sake—an attribute that speaks directly to the moment, when a large part of the electorate feels that the U.S. has become timid and uncertain and made far too many humiliating concessions to authoritarian foreign powers like China, Saudi Arabia and Iran. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/139 "2016-05-06T10:26:39Z")
If it’s too early to be confident Hillary will win because of polls today, it’s too early to be sure that Trump will win. Simple as that. At least the former has hard numbers (that will most likely change — I daresay probably narrow) to it. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/140 "2016-05-06T10:38:48Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > If it’s too early to be confident Hillary will win because of polls today, it’s too early to be sure that Trump will win. Of course. August will be too early, too. Anyone with a major-party nomination in hand then (in any year) has a shot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=8)